Securitization

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Dan Feshbach, founder and CEO of MeasureOne, thinks that disclosure of loan-level data can do for the student loan market what it did for mortgages.

Venn Partners plans to issue its first Dutch residential mortgage-backed securitization; the deal is backed by loans that it recently acquired from GE Artesia Bank, a unit of GE Capital International.

JPMorgan Chase is scaling back its mortgage products as the market cools.

U.K.-based investment manager Venn Partners is planning to establish a Dutch RMBS issuance platform to fund new mortgage lending.

Ray Gatten is credited with developing the first peer-to-peer consumer loan securitization while at National Alliance Securities; Philip Toth is a veteran of the same firm. .

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Intu Properties is looking to raise another £110 million ($183 million) of new notes under its existing Trafford Centre commercial mortgage-backed securities.

GreatAmerica Financial Services plans to issue a $423.25 million securitization backed by small ticket technology equipment leases and loans.

U.S. households took on debt at a faster clip in the fourth quarter than at any time in seven years, but credit quality measures continued to improve.

While lawmakers continue to press regulators to exempt collateralized loan obligations from Volcker Rule restrictions, managers of these deals have found another workaround – and this one allows them to invest in bonds.

Issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in Russia should keep rising into 2014, according a report from Moody’s Investors Service, which is active in the sector.

George Canellos, the SEC’s former co-director of enforcement, has joined Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy as global head of the litigation department.

By halting Ocwen Financial's deal to buy a mortgage servicing portfolio from Wells Fargo, New York regulator Benjamin Lawsky has called into question the servicer's ambitious growth plans.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) is now a Permanent Observer of the Prime Collateralised Securities Association (PSCA), making it the first regulator with this status.

The deal from specialty lender International Investment Group is backed by loans to LatAm obligors. More issuance may be ahead.

View the year-to-date manager rankings through Feb. 28 for the different ABS sectors, including real estate, credit cards, student loans, autos, and collateralized debt obligations.